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The Science of Abolition: How Slaveholders Became the Enemies of Progress
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A revealing look at how antislavery scientists and Black and white abolitionists used scientific ideas to discredit slaveholders
“While recent historical literature has shown the complicity of the early science of man in the defense of slavery, Herschthal unearths an equally long intellectual tradition of antislavery science. This innovative book is timely, when science itself is under assault.”—Manisha Sinha, author of The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition
In the context of slavery, s...
“While recent historical literature has shown the complicity of the early science of man in the defense of slavery, Herschthal unearths an equally long intellectual tradition of antislavery science. This innovative book is timely, when science itself is under assault.”—Manisha Sinha, author of The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition
In the context of slavery, s...